(a) The division shall, upon payment of the required fee,
issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a driver's license,
which shall indicate the type or general class or classes of
vehicle or vehicles the licensee may operate in accordance with
this chapter or chapter seventeen-e of this code, or motorcycle-
only license. Each license shall contain a coded number assigned
to the licensee, the full legal name, date of birth, residence
address, a brief description and a color photograph of the licensee
and either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space
upon which the signature of the licensee is written with pen and
ink immediately upon receipt of the license. No license is valid
until it has been so signed by the licensee.

(b) A driver's license which is valid for operation of a
motorcycle shall contain a motorcycle endorsement. A driver's
license which is valid for the operation of a commercial motor
vehicle shall be issued in accordance with chapter seventeen-e of
this code.

(c) The division shall use such process or processes in the
issuance of licenses that will, insofar as possible, prevent any
identity theft, alteration, counterfeiting, duplication,
reproduction, forging or modification of, or the superimposition of
a photograph on, the license.

(d) The fee for the issuance of a Class E driver's license is $2.50 per year for each year the license is valid. The fee for
issuance of a Class D driver's license is $6.25 per year for each
year the license is valid. An additional fee of $0.50 shall be
collected from the applicant at the time of original issuance or
each renewal and the additional fee shall be deposited in the
Combined Voter Registration and Driver's Licensing Fund established
pursuant to the provisions of section twelve, article two, chapter
three of this code. The additional fee for adding a motorcycle
endorsement to a driver's license is $1 per year for each year the
license is issued.

(e) The fee for issuance of a motorcycle-only license is $2.50
for each year for which the motorcycle license is valid. The fees
for the motorcycle endorsement or motorcycle-only license shall be
paid into a special fund in the State Treasury known as the
Motorcycle Safety Fund as established in section seven, article
one-d of this chapter.

(f) The fee for the issuance of either the level one or level
two graduated driver's license as prescribed in section three-a of
this article is $5.

(g) The fee for issuance of a federally compliant driver's
license or identification card for federal use is $10 in addition
to any other fee required by this chapter. Any fees collected
under the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited into the
Motor Vehicle Fees Fund established in accordance with section twenty-one, article two, chapter seventeen-a of this code.

(h) The division may use an address on the face of the license
other than the applicant's address of residence if:

(1) The applicant has a physical address or location that is
not recognized by the post office for the purpose of receiving
mail;

(2) The applicant is enrolled in a state address
confidentiality program or the alcohol test and lock program;

(3) The applicant's address is entitled to be suppressed under
a state or federal law or suppressed by a court order; or

(4) At the discretion of the commissioner, the applicant's
address may be suppressed to provide security for classes of
applicants such as law-enforcement officials, protected witnesses
and members of the state and federal judicial systems.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the
contrary, a valid military identification card with an expiration
date issued by the United States Department of Defense for active
duty, reserve or retired military personnel containing a digitized
photo and the holder's full legal name may be used to establish
current full legal name and legal presence. The commissioner may
at his or her discretion expand the use of military identification
cards for other uses as permitted under this code or federal rule.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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